Fund to eliminate industrial waste of illegal dumping Risk of exhaustion next year October 25, 4:10
Regarding the national fund, which has been accumulated as a cost to remove illegally dumped industrial waste, the Ministry of the Environment's Council of Experts has put together a report saying that it may be exhausted next year.
The Ministry of the Environment has decided to make improvements due to the fact that the amount of support to local governments has greatly exceeded expectations.
For illegally dumped industrial waste, the local government can remove it instead by using a mechanism called "administrative execution" if the business operator does not comply with the removal order.
A fund has been set up to reduce the cost burden of local governments, and the government and waste industry groups have contributed funds, but the Ministry of the Environment's Council of Experts recently said that this fund "may be exhausted next year." I have compiled a report that says.
Looking at the five years up to last year, the amount of support provided to local governments exceeded the initial assumption by more than 500 million yen, and the contribution from the industry was about 100 million yen less than expected, which is the background. is.
According to the report, if the fund is exhausted, removal may not be carried out promptly, and when requesting cooperation from a wide range of contributions and deciding the amount of support, not limited to waste industry groups. , It is pointed out that it is necessary to narrow down the support in consideration of whether the measures to prevent illegal dumping were sufficient.
The Ministry of the Environment has decided to make improvements based on the contents of the report.